Job type
PermanentLocation
Stoke-on-TrentWorking Pattern
Full-timeSpecialism
PayrollIndustry
Retail & Consumer GoodsPay
Up to £60,000
Payroll and Benefits Manager job in Stoke-on-Trent
Your new company
Your new role
The Payroll & Benefits Manager will manage end-to-end payroll and employee benefits for c450 employees, ensuring that services are simple for customers (people managers and colleagues) and compliant with policies and statutory requirements.
- Monitor and manage the services provided by payroll providers i.e. L&G pension, EdenRed, Medicash, Cyclescheme (EV Scheme)
- Facilitate annual renewals of life assurance and income protection policies.
- Support the HR Director with HR process controls and checks as required, in line with audit, risk and governance requirements.
- Identify opportunities to drive efficiencies within payroll processes and push to improve service delivery.
- Key contact point for 3rd party benefit providers
- Review the effectiveness of current benefits provision, providing recommendations for improvement where appropriate
- Drive awareness of benefits offering with employees to maximise benefit utilisation
- Upskill the HR operational team on payroll to provide backup cover
- Own the annual salary review process
- Work with the HRD to develop and implement a total reward framework and flexible benefits
What you'll need to succeed
Ideally CIPP Qualified
Experience of managing end to end payroll processes
- Experience of cloud based HRIS/technology and managing 3rd party relationships.
- Sound understanding of HR processes and people-related legislation
- Analytical, able to interpret data and trends and take appropriate action.
- Excellent working knowledge and experience of managing salary sacrifice benefit schemes (including CTW & EV)
- Ability to manage benefits across multiple platforms and manual processes
- Prior experience of managing the annual salary review process linked to salary ranges and performance
- Highly proficient / expert level competence using Microsoft Excel
- Strong IT skills and confident using MS Office suite (Outlook, Teams, Word, SharePoint)
- Comfortable operating as a standalone payroll manager - the role is hands-on
What you'll get in return
Be part of a small but friendly team
On-site parking will be office-based 4 days per week.
25 days annual leave
What you need to do now
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